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 * /USS Speedwell
 * /USS Triana
 * /USS Maria


 * /USS Pilgrim
 * /USS Standish


 * Done
 * USS Fortune (1865)
 * USS Leyden (1865)
 * USS Mayflower
 * USS Nina (1865)
 * USS Palos (1865)
 * USS Pinta

THE NEW FLEET OF UNITED STATES SCREW-TUGS.

Considerable interest has been manifested by the Navy Department in the success of the new fleet of tugs building at various stations along the Atlantic coast. Strong and efficient tugs have long been needed by the blockading fleets, and it was found that the old wooden tugs that ply along our rivers were poor substitutes for the service. Accordingly a fleet of screw-tugs, with iron hulls, was commenced some months since, and are now being pushed along toward completion. The fleet is composed of two classes -- the first, 350 tons, and the second 170 tons burden. The cylinders in the first class will be 44 inches by 30 inches stroke, and those in the second class will be 34 inches by 28 inches. The builders will supply the machinery. There are five of the first class and four of the second. The following are the names, &c.:

Names. Where Building. Builders.

Pinta.............Chester, Pa..........R. Son & Archibald

Nina.............Chester, Pa..........R. Son & Archibald

Pilgrim..........Wilmington, Del....Pusey, Jones &Co.

Fortune..........East Boston.........James Tetlow.

Speedwell........East Boston.........James Tetlow.

Standish........East Boston.........James Tetlow.

Mayflower.......East Boston.........James Tetlow.

Triana...........New-York...........William Perine.

Maria............New-York...........William Perine.

refs

 * pinta class tugs
 * standish and mayflower single-cylinder vertical inverted engines -book
 * fortune schooner rigged, IHP -book
 * mayflower triana leyden pinta new boilers dec 1874 -nyt
 * 1888 repairs to vessels -book
 * pilgrim class
 * multiple refs to pinta class esp. mayflower nina, also pinta leyden fortune palos -navy report book 1877-78
 * 1884 annual report speedwell palos pinta mayflower leyden fortune nina
 * 1884 annual report pt II - pinta palos
 * 1885 annual report - all of them
 * 1887 report - all of them
 * 1888 - palos pinta pilgrim speedwell mayflower nina fortune leyden triana standish
 * 1889 pt i - palos pinta standish nina pilgrim fortune
 * 1889 pt ii - fortune mayflower nina speedwell standish triana pilgrim leyden pinta
 * 1890 - leyden mayflower nina palos pilgrim standish fortune speedwell triana pinta pilgrim
 * 1891 nina speedwell standish triana (wrecked) fortune mayflower leyden standish pilgrim palos pinta
 * 1892-93 leyden speedwell nina fortune mayflower palos pinta
 * 1893-94 mayflower fortune nina speedwell pinta palos leyden
 * 1897 fortune leyden standish nina pinta
 * 1898 leyden extended combat report; mayflower? pinta
 * 1900 nina standish leyden mayflower fortune pinta
 * 1901 fortune leyden nina standish pinta
 * 1902 leyden fortune nina pinta standish
 * 1903 leyden nina pinta fortune standish

palos

 * petrol experiments -book

mayflower

 * mayflower sunk stack pilot house exposed 11 jan 1884 - fulton